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March 10, 2015

Israel’s New Electoral Law Hinders Arab Moderates, Helps Jewish Extremists

The worst of all possible outcomes.

Israel’s upcoming election will be the first conducted under the requirement that a party must win a minimum of four seats—the previous minimum was 2.4—to gain representation in the Knesset. Among its deleterious consequences, writes Evelyn Gordon, the change will prevent the formation of a moderate Arab party—despite the fact that opinion polls show Israeli Arabs to be overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the current parties, which are mouthpieces for the pro-Palestinian cause and have categorically refused to join any governing coalition:

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March 10, 2015

  1. How Not to Conduct Diplomacy with Iran

    Too many American diplomats believe that "talking is a cost-free, risk-free strategy."

  2. Israel’s New Electoral Law Hinders Arab Moderates, Helps Jewish Extremists

    The worst of all possible outcomes.

  3. How George Galloway Brings Anti-Semitism to British Politics

    The MP who declared his city "an Israel-free zone."

  4. Hitler’s Turkish Role Model

    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

  5. The Mystery of the Oldest Hebrew Bible Continues

    An interview with the man who wrote the book on the Aleppo Codex.